Today, we're launching a game update that adds new content like Leaderboards, an Emoji Wheel and updated fits for players who've moved teams, as well as continued tuning and fixes. In September, we'll be launching our first full season, including NBA Legends, Drive Camera, and more.
The August game update is available now, including:
Leaderboards: This was originally a stretch goal for us, so we’re really excited to deliver it today. Players can now compare their performance against the world’s very best - or against friends - across KO Squads and Solos in virtually every major stat, including wins, win percentage, trophies, blocks, dunks, 3-pointers, and more. This is a new era for competition. While your all-time stats remain intact, Leaderboards start fresh today and everyone starts on equal footing. We'll perform another leaderboard reset when our first official season begins and continue evolving the feature to ensure it best recognizes the top players in NBA THE RUN. Can you climb into the top 3 and see your name in the bronze, silver or even gold position? Prove it if you’re truly one of NBA THE RUN’s GOATs.
Player Roster Changes on their new teams: LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LaMelo Ball, Ja Morant and Jaylen Brown will all have their new teams’ jerseys. Additionally, Anthony Edwards will also be sporting the new Timberwolves jersey and Devin Booker has been updated with his new number. We’ve also kept each player’s previous team jerseys available, so if you want to run with LeBron on the Lakers or Giannis on the Bucks, the choice is yours. More jersey variants will continue to be purchasable in the Shop with CRED earned through play, just like other alternate jerseys.
Updated Player Ratings: We’re updating player ratings and In the Zone abilities for a few players on new teams and the rookie players for balance. See the details in the patch notes coming at release.
Emoji Wheel: Quickly communicate with your Crew teammates from the main menu lobby using a variety of emojis. Coordinate your next match by letting teammates know you're ready to run it back, need a quick break, are leaving the Crew, or simply show your team how you’re feeling!
New Gameplay Animations for blocking dunks, rebounded putback dunks, enhanced blocks and a rework of Darryn Peterson’s Advanced Spin move.
Gameplay balance and tuning - We’ve made a substantial tuning pass to improve overall balance and reward skillful play. Things we’ve adjusted include goaltending, steals, interceptions, rebounding, blocks, dunk consistency, In The Zone, and several other core mechanics. We'll share the full breakdown in the patch notes.
In September, we're unleashing our first season. We’re tackling a lot of content and have put in the work to ensure the new additions (including some surprises) aren’t watering down the experience. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we’re anticipating this season to be even bigger than expected.
Here’s what we’re tracking towards:
5 NBA Legends - Each with unique player animations and likeness built from the ground up, these five new players will give you even more options to build a versatile championship squad. These Hall of Famers also know a thing or two about buzzer beaters. We can’t wait to see how they fit into your lineup and game-winning highlights.
Drive Camera - Another highly-anticipated ask, this new camera angle gives players the option to see further down the court in a more modern in-game feel. Get that fast break started early and improve your squad’s ball movement from end to end. We’re looking forward to this option to help players find their teammates better.
Practice Mode - This new, non-PvP, non-tournament mode enables players to learn the game at their own pace. Choose your ruleset, select your court and play solo against the AI or go online with friends. Assemble your best builds and practice on each ruleset to strengthen chemistry with your Squad before jumping into competitive RUNs. No rewards, stat tracking, or Career progression are earned in this mode.
And That’s Not All: The Championship Belt is coming which allows players to showcase the specific ballers they’ve won Championships with. It’ll evolve throughout the season. There will also be a new Bracket Busting celebration that will be showcased when you’ve beat someone else in their Finals.
New ruleset ‘All The Fire’ is getting closer to making its debut. And known as the “red carpet of streetball”, Dyckman Park in NYC will be added as our new court w/ daytime and nighttime variants. This is all in addition to new Shop items including new dunks and taunts.
As we’ve said before, we’re committed to continuing evolving NBA THE RUN with your feedback, so we’d love to continue hearing from you on the new additions coming tomorrow alongside the patch notes. We're already mapping out plans for our next Season as well as bigger ticket features coming later in our roadmap.
Thanks for continuing to build the game with us. Once again we appreciate your patience and can’t wait to share more with you soon on the upcoming features. See you on the courts. Here's today's patch notes:
The August Game Update is now live and we’re already seen some familiar names in the community climb up the Leaderboards. We’ve also seen some changes to people’s primary squads with the updated Player Ratings and new jerseys for stars on new teams.
Here’s more details on the improvements and tuning we’ve made to the game based on your feedback to help stay ahead of the competition. Patch notes for today’s release are below:
Player Specific Changes
Added new jerseys for all confirmed traded players w/ default jerseys unlocked
Updated speed and reworked Darryn Peterson left and right advanced tricks
Updated Devin Booker jersey to #15 to reflect latest number for 2026-27 season
Updated Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball’s Timberwolves jersey to reflect 2026-27 season jersey
AJ Dybantsa’s ratings were reduced in 3’s, handles, steals and aura
Darryn Peterson’s ratings were reduced in stamina and handles
Cameron Boozer’s ratings were reduced in stamina, 3’s, and rebound
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Zone Ability changed to Amped Up
Lebron James’ Zone Ability was changed to Dropping Dimes
LeBron James’ ratings were boosted in stamina, 3’s, handles, steal, aura and reduced in block
Jaylen Brown’s ratings were boosted in 2’s and guard
Gameplay Changes
Extended near hoop dead zone and reduced block jump height boost to reduce goaltending
Limit to players blocking effectiveness when behind the shooter
Made it harder to steal from a player after they pump fake
Angle and reach of Intercept reduced
Reduced speed of stealer
Reduced reach range of stealer
Angle and reach of Intercept reduced
Near immunity from up-close Intercepts extended
Extended ball pick up for a blocked player to give the blocker a better chance to gain possession
AI Bots with a lower block rating will now attempt blocks
AI Bots will no longer spam steals
Increased movement speed boost while In The Zone
Reduced the chances for failing all dunk types across all level of dunkers
Increased jump height of rebounders to give rebounders a chance versus putback dunks
Tuned Progression & XP CRED performance bonuses
Visual Changes
New animations for putback dunks
New block & advanced block animations
User Interface Changes
Added Leaderboards for KO Squads & KO Solos
Added Emoji Wheel to Front End for post-game interactions
Added Simplified Chinese as a Screen / Menu localized text option
Updated Player Nameplate visuals across the game
Fixed formatting issues for all Rulesets so that presentation is now consistent
Stats Updates
Performance bonuses now include additional baller stat data
Audio Updates
Added “call for pass” VO callout
Audio support for Emoji Comms Wheel actions
